sweet potato

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Noun

sweet potato (plural sweet potatoes)

1. A tropical perennial American vine, Ipomoea batatas, having a fleshy tuber.
2. The tuber of this plant cooked as a vegetable.
3. An ocarina.

Synonyms

• (tropical perennial vine) batata, ll mul
• (tuber) yam, camote (US)
• kumara (New Zealand)

Translations

• French: patate douce, patate
• German: Süßkartoffel, Batate
• Italian: patata dolce, patata americana, batata
• Portuguese: batata-doce
• Spanish: (Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) batata, (Cuba, Uruguay) boniato, (Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Western Argentina, Philippines) camote

Translations

• French: patate douce, patate
• German: Süßkartoffel
• Italian: patata dolce, patata americana, batata
• Portuguese: batata-doce
• Russian: бата́т
• Spanish: batata (Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela), boniato (Cuba, Uruguay), camote (Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Western Argentina)

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